Candidate Biography:

1980: Special Primary Candidate for SD-12 (Lost; 30%)1984-1989: Member, California State Board of Education1989-1992: Member, California State University Board of Trustees2004-2005: Member, State Teachers' Retirement Board*

San Francisco Chronicle: "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger removed four of his appointees to the state's teachers retirement board Thursday in retaliation for their vote last week to oppose his proposals to redo the way the state handles teachers' pensions... the four were among a majority of the board of the California State Teachers Retirement System that rejected Schwarzenegger's proposals to shift pensions into individual accounts and to require school districts, not the state, to contribute to teachers' retirements." [Source]